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 Arctostaphylos
John Dourley
A
one foot high groundcover for small gardens. Part-shade inland, full
sun near coast.
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 Arctostaphylos
purissima Petite Margarite is a very small manzanita for very
small spots. That little corner along the walk where you need a low
evergreen plant.
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 Artemisia
californica Canyon Gray is excellent in heavy
adobe soils near the coast.
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 Baccharis
pilularis pilularis Pigeon Point is a low green groundcover
that looks like a moundy lawn. |
Baccharis
pilularis pilularis Santa Ana is another la wn replacement,that
is green but drought tolerant.
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Carex
praegracilis is a green lawn-like groundcover.  Carex commonly
grows in seasonally wet spots that go dry in summer.
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 Ceanothus
thyrsiflorus repens is a prostrate Ceanothus with lots of
attractive sky blue flowers.
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 Elymus
triticoides a creeping lawn that loves areas that are wet in
spring, dry in summer.
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 Eriogonum
parvifolium a creeping buckwheat that grows on coastal bluffs
and back into some of the inland valleys. Where the salt spray gets to
it Cliff buckwheat can be less than a foot tall.
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 Eschscholzia
californica, California poppy makes a great fill in for a
groundcover providing dramatic color in spring and summer for a green
slope or expanse. |
 Haplopappus
squarrosus a small bushy plant covered with clusters of
yellow flowers that takes lots of heat and drought in inland areas..
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 Heuchera
maxima. Island alum root is a good edging plant in a shady
border or small shady groundcover.
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 Heuchera
micrantha. This Alum Root is a 1' perennial with a
2' spike of very dainty white flowers, a hundred or so spikes at a time
on a happy plant.
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 Iva
hayesiana is an evergreen groundcover in warm winter areas,
deciduous in colder areas.
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 Mahonia
repens is a pretty showy groundcover for inland gardens, and
looks best with afternoon or full shade.
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 Mimulus
guttatus, Seep monkey flower can fill in a wet spot in a
garden.
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 Salvia Daras
Choice makes a green groundcover with blue flowered spikes.
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 Salvia
leucophylla Pt. Sal. Got a coastal bluff with heavy clay and
no water?
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 Salvia
munzii is a delightful little sage from San Diego that is
very effective on small sun covered slopes.
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 Salvia
spathacea Powerline Pink makes an interesting groundcover
that throws up a a stunning flower spike in part shade.
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 Salvia
spathacea Topanga is another groundcover for the shade.
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 Satureja
chandleri is a delightful little sub-shrub that smells great.
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 Solanum
xanti, purple nightshade can work as a great groundcover
additive for extra color.
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 Vitis
californica, California grape makes a great groundcover on
the grapevine, (I-5)
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 Zauschneria
californica mexicana grows throughout much of California,
making a groundcover in rock outcroppings.
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